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Northwest Africa 7414
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7414
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7414
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 168.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6434 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Aug 2012
Data from:
  MB101
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Place of purchase:Purchased in Ouarzazate, Morocco
Date:P Mar 2011
Mass (g):168.753
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W6
Fayalite (mol%):18.7±0.2 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16
Wollastonite (mol%):4.1 (n=5)
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):28.06
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Utas
Finder:anonymous
Comments:A single desert-varnished fragment was recovered.; submitted by JUtas
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
JUtas: Jason Utas, United States (private address; updated 8 Jun 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2003 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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